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Mcgreedy in New Jersey is an idiot, He keeps raising the taxes on cigarettes which makes it not worth it for some one in NYC and other parts of NY to travel over the state line to buy them (NJ cigarettes will soon be higher than other parts of NY). If he kept the taxes on cigarettes low the state would more than make up for the lower prices by many more New Yorkers (and now Pennsylvanians)jumping the border, If he kept them real low he could "corner the market" on NE states which now goes to VA and NC.

They couldn't do that, because it would specificly violate a central mantra of leftists: That if you lower taxes in a competative market, sales, and therefore revenues would increase. So the fact that they'd make far more money isn't as important as supporting the "big lie."

Plus, they'd be pilloried for "encouraging smoking."

Mark

The scenario is correct - except for one missing link - Delaware is a lot closer than Virginia or NC to NJ and Penn and even parts of NY.

Even if Mommy Mein Minner gets her way and the cig tax in Delaware doubles (there are very serious doubts about that) the tax will still be so far below MD, PA, NJ and NY to still make it worth while to come across the line.